Delaware Code (Titles 8, 9, 25, 30)
25 Del. C. § 5118
Summary of residential landlord-tenant code
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A summary of the Landlord-Tenant Code, as prepared by the Consumer Protection Unit of the Attorney General’s Office or its successor agency, shall be given to the new tenant at the beginning of the rental term. If the landlord fails to provide the summary, the tenant may plead ignorance of the law as a defense.
Amendment history
70 Del. Laws, c. 513, § 1
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In this title (40 sections)
- 25-5005 · Undue hardship
- 25-5006 · Rules and regulations
- 25-5101 · Applicability of Code
- 25-5102 · Exclusions from application of this Code
- 25-5103 · Jurisdiction
- 25-5104 · Obligations of good faith
- 25-5105 · Disclosure
- 25-5106 · Rental agreement; term and termination of rental agreement
- 25-5107 · Renewals of rental agreements with modifications
- 25-5108 · Rental agreement; automatic extension of agreements where…
- 25-5109 · Rental agreement; promises mutual and dependent
- 25-5110 · Rental agreement; effect of unsigned rental agreement
- 25-5111 · Attorneys’ fees prohibited
- 25-5112 · Time computation
- 25-5113 · Service of notices or pleadings and process
- 25-5114 · Notice; contractual notice between the parties
- 25-5115 · Application for a forthwith summons
- 25-5116 · Fair housing provisions [For application of this section, see…
- 25-5116 · Fair housing provisions [For application of this section, see…
- 25-5117 · Remedies for violation of the rental agreement or the Code
- 25-5118 · Summary of residential landlord-tenant code
- 25-5119 · [Reserved.]
- 25-5120 · Landlord liens; distress for rent
- 25-5121 · Confession of judgment
- 25-5122 · Equitable jurisdiction relating to converted conditional…
- 25-5123 · Tenant employee
- 25-5141 · Definitions
- 25-5301 · Landlord obligation; rental agreement
- 25-5302 · Tenant remedy; termination at the beginning of term
- 25-5303 · Landlord obligation to supply possession of rental unit
- 25-5304 · Tenant’s remedies for failure to supply possession
- 25-5305 · Landlord obligations relating to the rental unit [For…
- 25-5306 · Tenant’s remedies relating to the rental unit; termination
- 25-5307 · Tenant’s remedies relating to the rental unit; repair and…
- 25-5308 · Essential services; landlord obligation and tenant remedies
- 25-5309 · Fire and casualty damage; landlord obligation and tenant…
- 25-5310 · “Assurance money” prohibited
- 25-5311 · Fees
- 25-5312 · Metering and charges for utility services [For applicability…
- 25-5313 · Unlawful ouster or exclusion of tenant